County Hall, Taunton

The frontage of Somerset County Hall

County Hall in Taunton, Somerset is the seat of Somerset County Council. It is a large complex in the municipal neo-Georgian style designed by E. Vincent Harris, listed at Grade II.[1]

The building was constructed in 1935 from English bond buff-coloured and pink bricks with the dressings in Portland stone. The plan of the three-storey building has two wings at 45 degree to the central entrance block with an arch over the door and a coat of arms on the tympanum.[2]

In 2014 plans were announced for Taunton Deane Council to share the County Hall.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Block County Hall and Entrance Forecourt and Pavements, Taunton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "A Block County Hall and Entrance Forecourt and Pavements". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Blacklock, Daisy (20 August 2014). "Green light for Taunton Deane Council move to County Hall". County Gazette. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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